Soar Therapy and Integrated Wellness

Soar Therapy and Integrated Wellness We're a multidisplinary clinic in Springfield, VA that specialize in hollistic and wellness for the mind and body! Mental Health-Counseling

Many teens aren’t defiant , they’re overwhelmed. Academic pressure, social stress, and constant digital comparison keep ...
12/13/2025

Many teens aren’t defiant , they’re overwhelmed. Academic pressure, social stress, and constant digital comparison keep their nervous systems in overdrive. What looks like withdrawal or irritability is often exhaustion from trying to manage emotions they don’t yet have tools for.

Therapy gives teens a space where they can slow down and learn how their emotions work.

At Soar, we keep parents informed while giving teens the privacy they need to grow. The result is healthier communication at home and more emotional steadiness at school, with friends, and beyond.

🌿 Learn more or book a session at soartherapywellness.com.

Before we can regulate emotions, we have to recognize them. Awareness is the foundation of emotional regulation and it’s...
12/11/2025

Before we can regulate emotions, we have to recognize them. Awareness is the foundation of emotional regulation and it’s what allows you to pause before reacting and understand what your body and mind are trying to say. Without awareness, emotions can feel like they appear out of nowhere, hijacking your sense of control.

In therapy, awareness is built through small, consistent practices: noticing your breathing, tracking how tension builds in your body, and observing your thoughts without judgment.

Over time, this self-awareness becomes emotional literacy. You start to understand the difference between anger and fear, stress and sadness. With that clarity, you can meet your emotions with compassion instead of resistance, which is where healing begins.

Begin your journey toward balance and confidence at soartherapywellness.com.

12/09/2025

OCD isn’t about being overly cautious or neat, it’s about the brain’s attempt to protect you from uncertainty. Every intrusive “what if” thought triggers anxiety, and every ritual offers momentary relief that reinforces the cycle.

These loops can feel exhausting and isolating. But they’re not signs of weakness, they’re your brain’s misguided effort to keep you safe. The problem is that the relief never lasts, because control can’t eliminate fear.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy helps retrain your brain by teaching it that uncertainty isn’t danger. Over time, you learn to sit with discomfort, reducing the urge to check, repeat, or control.

🧠 Learn how therapy can help at soartherapywellness.com

You can’t change what you can’t see. Emotional regulation starts with recognizing what happens in your body and mind bef...
12/07/2025

You can’t change what you can’t see. Emotional regulation starts with recognizing what happens in your body and mind before, during, and after strong emotions appear. Awareness transforms reactivity into choice.

Therapy teaches you to notice your physical cues, and interpret them as information rather than threats. This awareness builds emotional literacy and allows you to intervene before the wave of emotion takes over.

Over time, this process reshapes the brain’s responses, creating new patterns of steadiness and confidence. Emotional regulation is not about suppression; it’s about learning to ride the wave instead of being swept away.

Start building your emotional awareness with one of our licensed therapists soartherapywellness.com.

Burnout doesn’t happen overnight. It builds quietly through long days, emotional overload, and the belief that rest is a...
12/05/2025

Burnout doesn’t happen overnight. It builds quietly through long days, emotional overload, and the belief that rest is a reward instead of a need. When you’ve been strong for too long, your body begins to whisper with fatigue, irritability, and disconnection.

This isn’t weakness. It’s your body trying to restore balance. Emotional burnout happens when our internal resources can’t keep up with the constant output demanded by work, relationships, or caregiving.

Therapy provides space to pause and reconnect with yourself, not just to rest, but to recover. It helps you identify what drains you, learn sustainable ways to replenish energy, and rebuild a rhythm that honors both productivity and peace.

Healing begins the moment you stop pushing through.
✨ Find balance again at soartherapywellness.com.

You can look completely fine on the outside, yet feel like your mind is running a marathon. Chronic worry, overthinking,...
12/03/2025

You can look completely fine on the outside, yet feel like your mind is running a marathon. Chronic worry, overthinking, and perfectionism are often signs of a nervous system that’s stuck in “on” mode, a protective state built from years of managing stress or uncertainty.

Anxiety isn’t just in the mind; it’s a full-body experience. The tight chest, racing heart, and restless nights are your body’s way of signaling that it’s carrying too much. It’s trying to protect you from danger even when danger isn’t there.

Therapy teaches you how to work with your nervous system instead of fighting it. Through grounding, mindfulness, and self-awareness, you can begin to create safety inside your own body again.

🌿 Begin your therapy journey at soartherapywellness.com

You can appear composed on the outside while your body remains braced inside. This is what trauma often feels like: a sy...
12/01/2025

You can appear composed on the outside while your body remains braced inside. This is what trauma often feels like: a system that learned to anticipate danger even when it’s gone. Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps identify the parts of you that developed to keep you safe: the pleaser, the perfectionist, the one who shuts down.

These parts are not flaws, they’re protectors. IFS helps them rest by creating internal safety through compassion and self-awareness. When your inner world feels more connected, your body no longer needs to stay on guard.

Healing isn’t about forgetting the past; it’s about helping your system understand it’s safe in the present.

If you’re ready to reconnect with yourself, we’re here to help.
Learn more about IFS therapy at soartherapywellness.com

11/29/2025

Our nervous systems were never designed to process the constant noise of modern life. Notifications, emails, and endless decisions keep the body in a low-grade state of alert, even when nothing is wrong. Over time, this overstimulation can leave you feeling tense, restless, and unable to truly relax.

When the system is overloaded, it forgets what safety feels like. Therapy helps retrain your nervous system to recognize calm again through grounding practices like mindfulness, breathwork, and somatic awareness.

By gently reconnecting to your body, you learn to signal “I’m safe” in moments of stress. The more your body experiences this calm state, the easier it becomes to return to it. What once felt like constant tension can slowly transform into steady focus and peace.

You can teach your body to rest again. Learn how with one of our licensed therapists at soartherapywellness.com.

In today’s world, overstimulation is constant: messages, news, decisions, and noise keep our nervous systems in a near-c...
11/27/2025

In today’s world, overstimulation is constant: messages, news, decisions, and noise keep our nervous systems in a near-constant state of alert. Over time, your body forgets what relaxation feels like, and “normal” starts to mean tense and restless.

Anxiety is your system’s way of trying to manage too much input with too few pauses. It’s not weakness; it’s biology responding to overload. Therapy helps retrain your body to recognize safety again through mindfulness, breathwork, and somatic grounding.

When the body learns calm, the mind follows. Gradually, energy that was spent on vigilance becomes available for focus, creativity, and peace.

Visit soartherapywellness.com to book a consultation.

11/25/2025

Wanting love yet fearing it is a painful cycle. For many, early relationships taught that closeness can lead to hurt so the body learned to protect itself by staying distant, even when connection is deeply desired. These protective reflexes can feel confusing, but they make sense once we understand their origins.

Attachment wounds shape how we give and receive love. They influence whether we feel safe being vulnerable or constantly brace for rejection. Recognizing these patterns is the first step toward creating relationships that feel steady instead of scary.

Therapy provides a compassionate space to explore these experiences without judgment. Together, we help your nervous system learn that intimacy and safety can coexist.

If you recognize yourself in this, healing is possible. Reach out at soartherapywellness.com.

Trauma isn’t stored in words, it’s stored in the body. Even when your mind has moved on, your muscles, breath, and postu...
11/23/2025

Trauma isn’t stored in words, it’s stored in the body. Even when your mind has moved on, your muscles, breath, and posture can carry the imprint of stress or fear. Somatic therapy focuses on this connection, helping you release tension and restore calm through mindful movement and body awareness.

This approach doesn’t require reliving the past; it’s about helping your nervous system feel safe again. Gentle exercises and grounding practices teach your body that it’s no longer in danger, allowing deep patterns of stress to unwind naturally.

When the body relaxes, the mind follows. Over time, the physical sensations of safety begin to replace those of vigilance or anxiety.

Healing starts in the body, and it’s always possible to reconnect.
Learn more about somatic therapy at soartherapywellness.com.

Emotions can rise quickly, leaving you saying or doing things you later regret. These moments aren’t proof of failure, t...
11/21/2025

Emotions can rise quickly, leaving you saying or doing things you later regret. These moments aren’t proof of failure, they’re signals that your nervous system is overwhelmed. Learning how to respond instead of react is a skill, and like any skill, it can be taught and strengthened.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical tools for emotional regulation. It teaches awareness, and provides concrete ways to pause, breathe, and make grounded choices.

Over time, these skills retrain the brain’s automatic responses. Instead of feeling controlled by your emotions, you begin to experience them as manageable, even meaningful, parts of your life.

Emotional confidence grows from practice, not perfection.
Start DBT-informed therapy at soartherapywellness.com.

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8003 Forbes Placee Suite 330
Springfield, VA
22151

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Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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(703) 267-5703

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